Triple
T14682274
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Thomas Blanford |
E344817
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Thomas Blanford |
E344817
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: William Thomas Blanford | Statement: [William Thomas Blanford, name, William Thomas Blanford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomas Blanford Context triple: [William Thomas Blanford, name, William Thomas Blanford]
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A.
William Thomas Blanford
chosen
William Thomas Blanford was a 19th-century English geologist and naturalist known for his extensive work in India, including significant contributions to zoology and ornithology.
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B.
George Montague Wheeler
George Montague Wheeler was a 19th-century American surveyor and army officer best known for leading the Wheeler Survey, a major U.S. government mapping and exploration project of the American West.
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C.
Oliver Bascom
Oliver Bascom was a 19th-century American politician who served as a New York State Canal Commissioner, helping oversee the administration and development of the state's canal system.
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D.
J. W. Barlow
J. W. Barlow was an American settler and community founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
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E.
George M. Dawson
George M. Dawson was a Canadian geologist and surveyor whose exploratory work in the Yukon and western Canada led to several places, including Dawson City, being named in his honor.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d822e34b348190ada4d1cdb6c7c226 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb56a51ec8190941684fd562a7182 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fde182dab08190aac2ff2db666ee69 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:13 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.